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Man indicted on murder, abuse of corpse charges after telling police he killed his mother, burned her body in south Toledo

Travis Lewton told detectives he attacked and killed his mother, Nancy Lewton, then burned her body and stuffed it in a sewer pipe in a ravine, Toledo police claim.

TOLEDO, Ohio — A man who Toledo police claim has taken responsibility for killing his mother was indicted for murder Tuesday.

Travis Lewton, 31, was indicted on one count each of aggravated murder, murder, felonious assault, aggravated robbery, tampering with evidence and abuse of a corpse.

The body of Lewton's mother, 71-year-old Nancy Lewton, was found in a wooded area behind their south Toledo home Oct. 1, by officers dispatched to check on her safety, Toledo police claim.

Nancy Lewton was visiting her best friend in Florida a few days earlier and when family members couldn't get ahold of her when she returned home, they called the police.

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According to court documents, Travis Lewton told detectives he attacked his mother after she came home and choked her until she stopped breathing.

Lewton said he then took the body to a ravine behind his house before setting the body on fire and stuffing it in a sewer pipe. He also told detectives he had been thinking about killing his mother for about a week.

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